"effigy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛfəd͡ʒi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-effigy.wav Forms: effigies [plural]
Etymology: From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|effigie}} French effigie, {{der|en|la|effigiēs||likeness, effigy}} Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} effigy (plural effigies)
  1. A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated. Translations (dummy or other crude representation): ҡарасҡы (qarasqı) (Bashkir), ninot [masculine] (Catalan), 假人 (jiǎrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 雕像 (diāoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 肖像 (xiàoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), afbildning [common-gender] (Danish), statue [common-gender] (Danish), nukke (Finnish), effigie [feminine] (French), Abbild [neuter] (German), Bildnis [neuter] (German), Karikatur [feminine] (German), Zerrbild [neuter] (German), पुतला (putlā) [masculine] (Hindi), effigie [feminine] (Italian), 肖像 (shōzō) (alt: しょうぞう) (Japanese), 모형 (mohyeong) (Korean), dukke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), avbildning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mazinichigan (Ojibwe), آدمک (âdamak) (Persian), kukła [feminine] (Polish), efígie [feminine] (Portuguese), efigie [feminine] (Romanian), чу́чело (čúčelo) [neuter] (Russian), efigie [feminine] (Spanish), avbildning (Swedish), soye (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-effigy-en-noun-XG6sybwW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'dummy or other crude representation': 95 5
  2. A likeness of a person. Synonyms (a likeness of a person): figure, image, picture Translations (likeness of a person): efígie [feminine] (Catalan), kuva (Finnish), effigie [feminine] (French), Bildnis [neuter] (German), Konterfei [neuter, obsolete] (German), 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (frisahts) [feminine] (Gothic), 画像 (gazō) (alt: がぞう) (Japanese), 초상 (chosang) (Korean), 화상 (hwasang) (Korean), effigiēs [feminine] (Latin), pakoko (Maori), изображе́ние (izobražénije) [neuter] (Russian), карти́на (kartína) [feminine] (Russian), портре́т (portrét) [masculine] (Russian), схо́дство (sxódstvo) (english: likeness) [neuter] (Russian), efigie [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-effigy-en-noun-2Y~UWzcs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Ojibwe translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ojibwe translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'a likeness of a person': 26 74 Disambiguation of 'likeness of a person': 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: in effigy, semi-effigy Coordinate_terms (crude representation of a person): caricature
Disambiguation of 'crude representation of a person': 54 46

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "izobražénije",
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          "word": "изображе́ние"
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          "word": "схо́дство"
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    "Terms with Ojibwe translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "caricature"
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      "name": "bor"
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      "sense": "a likeness of a person",
      "word": "figure"
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    {
      "sense": "a likeness of a person",
      "word": "image"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a likeness of a person",
      "word": "picture"
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    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qarasqı",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "ҡарасҡы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ninot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎrén",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "假人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diāoxiàng",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "雕像"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàoxiàng",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "肖像"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "afbildning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "statue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "nukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "effigie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Abbild"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bildnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Karikatur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zerrbild"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "putlā",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पुतला"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "effigie"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうぞう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōzō",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "肖像"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mohyeong",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "모형"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dukke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "avbildning"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "mazinichigan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âdamak",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "آدمک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kukła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efígie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efigie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čúčelo",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "чу́чело"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efigie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "avbildning"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "dummy or other crude representation",
      "word": "soye"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efígie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "word": "kuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "effigie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bildnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "Konterfei"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "frisahts",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐍆𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がぞう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gazō",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "word": "画像"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chosang",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "word": "초상"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwasang",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "word": "화상"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "effigiēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "word": "pakoko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobražénije",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "изображе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kartína",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "карти́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "portrét",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "портре́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "likeness",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxódstvo",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "схо́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "likeness of a person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "efigie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "effigy"
}

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